Ezekiel 6:11 NKJV,NLT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11-14

The same threatenings which we had before in the foregoing chapter, and in the former part of this, are here repeated, with a direction to the prophet to lament them, that those he prophesied to might be the more affected with the foresight of them. I. He must by his gestures in preaching express the deep sense he had both of the iniquities and of the calamities of the house of Israel (Ezek. 6:11): Smite with thy hand and stamp with thy foot. Thus he must make it to appear that he was in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11

Thus saith the Lord God, smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot ,.... These are gestures of persons in distress and agony, who, to show their trouble and grief, smite one hand against the other; or smite with the hand upon the thigh, as in Jeremiah 31:19 ; and "stretch out", or "make a distension with the foot" F4 רקע ברגלך "extende pede tuo", Pagninus, Montanus, Polanus; "fac distensionem cum pede tuo", Munster; "divarica pedes tuos": Calvin. ; as it is in the Hebrew... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:11

Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot - Show the utmost marks of thy astonishment and indignation, and dread of the evils that are coming upon them. Some have contended for the propriety of clapping and stamping in public worship from these words! It is scarcely a breach of charity to think that such persons are themselves incapable either of attending on or conducting the worship of God. To be consistent, they should copy the prophet in his other typical actions as well as these;... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:11

Verse 11 This confirms what we have formerly seen concerning the slaughter of the ten tribes. The kingdom of Israel had been indeed afflicted, but because those remaining in their own country thought themselves free from further calamity, and gave themselves up to their idolatries more and more, it was on this account necessary that final destruction should be denounced against them. Since, then, words moved them but little, God adds a sign, according to his custom in obstinate cases. He orders... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11

Smite with thine hand, etc. The outward gestures were to give a dramatic emphasis to the mingled indignation and sorrow with which the prophet was to utter his woe. A like action meets us in Ezekiel 21:12 . Instances of its use for other feelings meet us in Ezekiel 22:13 ; Numbers 24:10 (anger); Jeremiah 31:19 (shame). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11

The sorrow of the servant of God on account of the sins of his people. "Thus saith the Lord God; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot," etc. Almost everything contained in the paragraph of which this verse forms a part ( Ezekiel 6:11-14 ) has already come under our notice in preceding portions of this book. But our text presents matter for profitable meditation. It teaches— I. THAT THE TRUE SERVANT OF GOD REGARDS THE CHARACTER AND CONDUCT OF SINNERS... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11-14

Ministerial earnestness. Earnestness is simply a fitting sense of duty. Earnestness is the outcome of reality. If a man has real conviction of his duty, and real compassion for others, he must be in earnest. Genuine earnestness is not equivalent to noise, display, hysterical excitement. It is wise and appropriate expression of feeling, and suitable to the occasion. I. EARNESTNESS IS MANIFEST IN GESTURE AND ACT , AS WELL AS IN SPEECH . The man who has a due sense... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 6:11-14

The gleam of hope is but transitory. Darkness again gathers round, for as yet the prophet is predicting judgment.Ezekiel 6:11Smite ... stamp - Well-known modes of expressing grief.Ezekiel 6:13Sweet savor - Compare Genesis 8:21. Words, applied to the smell of sacrifices accepted by God, applied here to idol-sacrifices in irony.Ezekiel 6:14Toward Diblath - Or, “Diblathaim,” the “Diblathan” of the Moabite stone, one of the double cities of Moab (see Ezekiel 25:9) to the east of which lay the great... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 6:11-14

Ezekiel 6:11-14. Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot Join to thy words the gestures which are proper to express grief and concern at the wickedness of thy people, and for their calamities that will ensue. For they shall fall by the sword, &c. See note on Ezekiel 5:12. He that is far off And thinks himself out of danger, because he is out of the reach of the enemy; shall die of the pestilence The arrow that I will shoot at him. And he that is near Who stays in his own... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:1-14

The idolatry of Israel (6:1-14)From the time of the judges (the period that followed Israel’s settlement of Canaan) the people of Israel had copied Canaanite religious practices. Canaanite gods, collectively known as Baalim (plural of Baal) were gods of nature, and Israelites used the Canaanite shrines throughout the countryside as places to offer worship to Yahweh. These shrines were called ‘high places’ because they were usually built on the tops of hills and mountains. Israel’s false worship... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 6:11-14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 6:11-14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 6:11-14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:1-14

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